June 12, 2017

During a recent visit to Toronto, I was surprised and honoured to be made a Fellow of the International Napoleonic Society by the Society’s president, noted Napoleonic educator and historian J. David Markham.

February 4, 2016

It’s an honour to be featured on A Covent Garden Gilflurt’s Guide to Life, talking about Napoleon’s smart sister, Elisa Bonaparte Baciocchi. Not as well-known as her sisters Pauline and Caroline, Elisa Bonaparte was more capable than either of them.

January 4, 2016

I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by fellow historical novelist Harriet Steel. Harriet asked some interesting questions, including why I decided to write about Napoleon, what I consider to be the value of alternative history, and whether creative writing can be taught.

November 24, 2015

If Napoleon had escaped from St. Helena and gone to the United States, who might have helped him? It’s a pleasure to be featured as a “Relevant History” guest blogger on author Suzanne Adair’s website, talking about Napoleon’s followers in America.

October 25, 2015

It was a delight to be interviewed as a “writing superhero” by author Maria Grace on her Random Bits of Fascination blog. Maria asked me to reveal my secret identity, my partners in crime, my secret lair, my superhero costume and other superhero confidences.

March 30, 2015

It was a great pleasure to be interviewed by Matt Adler on his Culturally Curious blog. Wondering how one finds the balance between fantasy and history when writing historical fiction? Want to know what to expect on Napoleon’s next adventure?

February 3, 2015

There has recently been publicity about the letter Napoleon Bonaparte wrote to King George IV (then the Prince Regent) requesting asylum in England after his 1815 abdication from the throne of France. Read Shannon’s article about Napoleon and the Prince Regent on All Things Georgian.

December 11, 2014

In a review for the Napoleonic Historical Society, modeler and military historian Shepherd Paine calls Napoleon in America “a thoughtful and totally believable account of what might have happened had Napoleon escaped from St. Helena to America.”

August 28, 2014

Troy Camplin writes on The Literary Lawyer: “Napoleon in America is a ‘what-if’ historical novel that…reads like a very well-written narrative of history. Given that the author is necessarily working with an entirely fictional world…the fact that she can create such an effect is quite remarkable.”

August 21, 2014

A Knight of the Pen says of Napoleon in America: “I couldn’t help but smile as I read it, and…I was a little saddened upon reaching the end. It had built so nicely, the denouement satisfying, and it left me wanting more.”

August 7, 2014

Shannon’s short story, “A Question of Madness,” has been published in the Summer 2014 issue of The Copperfield Review. Set in Texas in 1821, the story springs from an incident recounted by one of Stephen Austin’s colonists.

July 29, 2014

July 24, 2014

It’s an honour to be featured on A Covent Garden Gilflurt’s Guide to Life, talking about Napoleon’s treasonous sister, Caroline Bonaparte Murat. One tries to find redeeming features in Caroline, but they are hard to spot. Talleyrand said she had the head of Cromwell on the body of a well-shaped woman.

June 25, 2014

June 18, 2014

Shannon recently had the privilege of attending the inaugural Walker Percy Literary Festival in beautiful St. Francisville, Louisiana, and took advantage of the opportunity to return to where Napoleon in America began – the Napoleon House Bar & Café in New Orleans.